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Israel frees 256 prisoners in bid to boost Abbas

Iran's Jews spurn cash lure to emigrate to Israel

http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2125486,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Iran's Jews have given the country a loyalty pledge in the face of cash offers aimed at encouraging them to move to Israel, the arch-enemy of its Islamic rulers.

The incentives - ranging from £5,000 a person to £30,000 for families - were offered from a special fund established by wealthy expatriate Jews in an effort to prompt a mass migration to Israel among Iran's 25,000-strong Jewish community. The offers were made with Israel's official blessing and were additional to the usual state packages it provides to Jews emigrating from the diaspora.